The first leaf,not big enough to cover up much embarassment. It will grow. This fig produces purple fruit, easy to propagate. Just cut a fresh juicy stick in the autumn ,bury one third in good seed compost water well once, and stand well back. There is usually a wealth of rooted suckers at the base of mature fig trees. Some plants are for gifts, some for exchange. Suckers that can't be given away; get shredded for compost mulch or burned off for the potash.
The Thornless Blackberry; we have other plants naturalising in the hedge. This one outside the door looks to be producing many kilos of fruit in spite of growing in a few inches of grit, shared with a mass of other plants.
Siberian Wallflowers fading glory. The lower flowers were removed to encourage more green growth. The rest will go to seed.
It sits outside the kitchen door just trying to get noticed. It's working...
We'll have buckets of these here Whitecurrants this season, a great addition to our sweet and jelly merry making.
Gooseberries appearing like jewels, I will make cuttings from this plant once the harvest is done.
Kale seed pods fattening up and ripening. A winter saviour, Russian Kale is a house favourite.
What's happening in this bit? From right to left: Garlic, Coriander,blending in with Oak leafed lettuce, both naturalised, self seeded.. There's a quick row of Radish at the top.
The future has to start somewhere...We leave the mystery behind us.
Eglantine (Dog Rose). The first flowers.
Fitting in with the Ley of the Land.
Heavenly scented, Julien, you would have to be here some evening to appreciate the chilling perfume.
At the foot of the Thornless Blackberry, a mass of species share a few inches of road grit and pot spillings. This is a favourite haunt of small brown lizards and large green ones. The green ones burrow into the root bound grit and lay eggs. We try to avoid standing on the plants so the lizards are safe enough.
Silver Birch,(Pendulata), seems keen to grow here. We will prepare some sandy compost and encourage these seeds to grow on once they are properly ripe.
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